05-31-2019, 06:56 PM
"All those Navy pilots and ex government officials must be lying to get attention. Maybe become famous! Billions of stars and countless galaxies, there couldn't possibly be any life out there besides us."
Yes, one of the biggest areas in astrophysics right now is the search for habitable planets and the search for extra-terrestrial life. One of the main missions of the TMT is to detect atmospheres on exoplanets that could support life as well as looking for indications of actual life.
Obviously, scientists are doing this because they don't think there's any chance of life elsewhere in the universe.
Yes, one of the biggest areas in astrophysics right now is the search for habitable planets and the search for extra-terrestrial life. One of the main missions of the TMT is to detect atmospheres on exoplanets that could support life as well as looking for indications of actual life.
Obviously, scientists are doing this because they don't think there's any chance of life elsewhere in the universe.